12 hands, what now?

shkm · 07-14-2009, 03:48 PM

My Ice cream flowered and I now have 12 hands. What do I do now? How long untl the fruit will be ripe? Any help would be greatful.

Jack Daw · 07-14-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by shkm

My Ice cream flowered and I now have 12 hands. What do I do now? How long untl the fruit will be ripe? Any help would be greatful.

Usually about 4 to 5 months if I remeber correctly, check the bananas.org wiki about that.

Bon Ap..

saltydad · 07-14-2009, 04:36 PM

Congratulations!!

pitangadiego · 07-14-2009, 09:17 PM

In SD 6-7 months.

ewitte · 07-14-2009, 09:17 PM

Lol I would actually be pissed if one fruited a few months from now because it would probably lose it.

banfan · 07-14-2009, 09:46 PM

That's quite an accomplishmnet to get a dozen hands. Congratulations!

island cassie · 07-14-2009, 10:35 PM

We are warm growers too and 4 to 5 months is about right.

Magilla Gorilla · 07-14-2009, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shkm

My Ice cream flowered and I now have 12 hands. What do I do now? How long untl the fruit will be ripe? Any help would be greatful.

That's great! Any photos?

Bananaman88 · 07-15-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ewitte

Lol I would actually be pissed if one fruited a few months from now because it would probably lose it.

This is the situation I'm afraid I'm going to be in. Due, I think, in large part to our drought this year, none of my edible bananas have flowered yet. I was really expecting to get flowers on my Orinoco (which has flowered every year for me), Ice Cream, and Rajapuri. I really need them to flower by the end of this month so that I can harvest fruit by Thanksgiving. Where's the d#*n rain???

PT DUffy · 07-15-2009, 07:15 AM

We've been getting it over on the FLorida Panhandle. The Nanners are doing great(no blossoms yet), hopefully by mid August....
Cheers,
Pat

pitangadiego · 07-15-2009, 08:52 AM

Bananaman, Here in California we have a new invention called the "garden hose" which we use when it doesn't rain. ;-))

Bananaman88 · 07-15-2009, 09:23 AM

Thanks for the tip! Trust me, the water hose and sprinklers have been getting a major workout this summer and I have the water bills to prove it!

harveyc · 07-15-2009, 09:50 AM

Brent, if you've been irrigating is the delayed bloom due to you just not giving them enough water or is it because of the lack of humidity?

I haven't had anything bloom yet since we had a cool spring other than a couple of hot days in mid-May. I believe the first 15 days or so of June were below 80F which is crazy.

ewitte · 07-15-2009, 11:10 AM

We are getting all your heat lol. This is the hottest summer I can remember.

harveyc · 07-15-2009, 12:10 PM

It was 100 or so yesterday, so the heat finally arrived. It seems summer type weather was just a month late.

shkm · 07-16-2009, 04:20 AM

Thank you all for the wonderful replies. This is my first banana plant, so if this is any indication of things to come, I'm hooked! I spriinkle 3-4 cups of citrus fertilizer around my plants on the first of every month, and water every morning.

shkm · 07-16-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Magilla Gorilla

That's great! Any photos?

I just created a photo gallery!

sbl · 07-16-2009, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bananaman88

This is the situation I'm afraid I'm going to be in. Due, I think, in large part to our drought this year, none of my edible bananas have flowered yet. I was really expecting to get flowers on my Orinoco (which has flowered every year for me), Ice Cream, and Rajapuri. I really need them to flower by the end of this month so that I can harvest fruit by Thanksgiving. Where's the d#*n rain???

Could it be the heat? I read a post here that said bananas stop growing at temps above 93---I know you have been very hot. Maybe if you coud put a mister on it for cooling it would help.

Patty in Wisc · 07-16-2009, 12:04 PM

shkm, try to find a fert with higher K. Citrus fert is higher in nitrogen. A good fert for nanas is around 15 -5- 30 (npk)

Bananaman88 · 07-16-2009, 12:05 PM

They are pushing about a leaf per week and I don't really think the humidity has been low enough to cause any problems. I think they need more water and that I need to fertilize better.

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